AFOTEC Year in Review: 2021

Abstract

The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) represented the Department of the Air Force as its sole Operational Test Agency and a Direct Reporting Unit under the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF). U.S. Code Title 10 required AFOTEC to conduct operational test and evaluation of all Acquisition Category I and II priority projects, Multi-Service operational test and evaluation programs, and projects under oversight by the Office of the Secretary of Defenses Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT and E). AFOTEC tested significant Air Force (AF), Department of Defense (DoD), and Joint aircraft and weapons systems under operationally realistic conditions. The centers 530 plus assigned personnel worked at its Headquarters (HQ) at Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico, and at its detachments and operating locations across the country. AFOTEC headquarters provided strategy, policy, funding, tasking, program involvement decisions, and approved recommendations and reports. AFOTECs geographically separated detachments executed operational test and evaluation of 90+ projects worth over $1.3 trillion dollars in calendar year (CY) 2021.1 The center had originated with a Blue Ribbon Defense Panel that on July 1, 1970 found operational test and evaluation most effective when independent of both developer and user. The panel also recommended operational test organizations report directly to the Chiefs of the relevant military services. The Air Force established and activated the Air Force Test and Evaluation Center as a separate operating agency on January 1, 1974. AFOTEC became a Direct Reporting Unit to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force on February 5, 1981. AFOTEC ended CY2021 having received $34.3 Million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Operations and Maintenance funds to meet $35.7 Million in requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 13, 2022
Accession Number
AD1183410

Entities

People

  • Stephanie M. Smith

Organizations

  • Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Financial Management
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Marine Corps
  • National Security
  • New Mexico
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Space Force
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • War Games
  • Warfare

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